Avalanche

Avalanche: No Name Bowl

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Quick report

Slope Angle
36°

Avalanche

Slab Width
9 m
Weak Layer
Facets
Trigger Type
Skier
Vertical Fall
137 m
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
25 cm
Trigger Detail
Intentionally Triggered
Start Zone Aspect
North
Avalanche Problem
Persistent Weak Layer
Start Zone Elevation
2926 m

This avalanche was triggered by walking along the top of the slope, it popped out as a slab then gouged down to the ground in the loose facets. I was expecting it to propagate into the main bowl but there was not enough of a connective slab for propagation YET, I would expect that to change with more snow and wind in the forecast. The only part of the bowl to have a slab seemed to be the wind exposed top, but that might just be semantics by tomorrow.